I now have an excuse to buy as many boxes of trefoils as I want! :D

*goes to find trefoil boxes*

I was never in Girl Scouts, partly due to the expense and partly because the Girl Scouts in my school weren't exactly shining examples of "what's good about Scouting".

But I think their willingness to allow MTF transgenders is worth an extra box of cookies in my budget.

...I'd still buy the cookies.

And I know, "everyone has a right to an opinion and all", but I have to draw a line somewhere.

Also, I love me some Peanut Butter Sandwiches. ^_^

I agree with you. While I was never a Scout of any kind, whether Beavers, Cubs or what have you- Canadian Cadet Movement is where I belong- I definitely like the general concept of scouts, because our organizations have a lot in common- uniforms, respect, serving the community, and the general goal of helping to create productive members of society.

It's good to know that this girl can stand up for what she believes. A lot of people would see something the precieve as wrong, and do nothing about it. She has my utmost respect. But...

This right here seems to be an example of people interpreting a phrase differently. I look at this in the psychological and emotional aspect- the transgender girlscouts feel that they are girls, not boys. She looks at it differently- they were meant, physically, to be male, and therefore they are trying to be something they're not. It's one of those arguments nobody will ever win, isn't it? Personal belief-based arguments like this are difficult to carry out and oftentimes leave a rift between the two sides, and burns previously sturdy bridges.

I'm a supporter of LGBT rights as well. It seems to me that love is love, and love is blind. It knows no gender, no age, and no bounds. So who is anyone to place them upon it? Similarly, who is anyone to tell another person their gender? Be what you want. You are you, and anyone who can't accept that was never your friend in the first place.

Please let me say I'm not trying to force my opinion on anyone, although I'd simply love it if people adopted it. I'm simply offering it, and I love to be offered other people's opinions as well- any issue should be seen from all sides. I'm glad someone brought this up here, and I wish everyone a pleasant day.

My younger cousin sells them-- I shall be putting in an extra order this year!

Why do people buy Girl Scout cookies? It's usually not because they care about funding the Girl Scouts; usually, people want to actually eat the cookies (go figure). If you want to protest the admission of transgenders into GSUSA, knock yourself out (I don't particularly approve of the decision myself). But if you like the cookies, why deprive yourself of them to make a point that you could make in a number of other ways? You could make a countervideo, for example.
Then again, this is coming from someone whose favorite cookie is the Thin Mint, so my opinion may be overly biased (albeit for a somewhat unusual reason).